She is obviously, and literally, still running for President. I do believe Hilary thinks she (and her “buddies”) can create a national insurrection causing Pres Trump to resign, be impeached, or die in office-following which she will be President by acclamation.

One discovery we made is that the majority of them don’t know what “pre-existing condition” means, and somehow think it refers to everyone with insurance who’s sick. Sean made an attempt to get across to them that it has to do with people who have either let their insurance lapse, or didn’t buy any. At the end, he was still getting questions from reporters whose sole knowledge of the meaning of the term is that it’s something they got on their talking points e-mail. He needs to start pinning them down for what their solution is for those who don’t pay, but want coverage.

armie, I worked in group health biz for nearly 22 years and there is definitely a “pre-existing conditions” clause which exists among health insurance companies. It pertains to illnesses a person had before the onset of their coverage and for which they received treatment. It has nothing to do with whether a person had lapsed coverage or no coverage.

PARIS (AFP) –
French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen face off in a televised debate on Wednesday which is expected to be bitter, personal and potentially decisive ahead of voting this weekend.

The stakes are high ahead of the contest between the pro-European Macron, a 39-year-old former economy minister, and far-right leader Le Pen, the 48-year-old scion of the National Front party.

Their starkly different views of Europe, immigration, the economy and French identity will be explored for the first time face-to-face following a week marked by bruising clashes between them.

Polls show Macron holding a hefty but narrowing lead in the polls of 59 percent versus 41 percent, but previous debates during the rollercoaster French campaign have quickly shifted public opinion.

Sean just through what I have been saying in their FACE! Aetna withdrawing from Iowa. Last year they were in 15 states next year only 3 after they leave Iowa. Medica also announced today that they will stop selling individual policies in the state of Iowa. There will be large numbers of people in Iowa with no insurance.

I wrote this yesterday and will place it here today.

Those 20 to 35 House Republicans that just can’t come around to voting on the current repeal and replace bill are seeing their insides start to destroy their appetite and their sleep. From Mick Mulvaney’s briefing on 5/1/17:

if you’re a lawmaker serious about voting to defund Planned Parenthood, then your opportunity to do that is in the AHCA, the American Healthcare Act, which the House is currently debating right now. So we decided not to fight the Planned Parenthood battle on this funding bill because it’s contained in the AHCA, which we hope to take up this week as well.

Couple that statement with the fact we didn’t agree to pay the insurance subsidies, many of the remaining health insurance providers will be making their decision in June to get the hell out of Obozocare. There will be 30+ states with not a single provider. Imagine having to explain to your constituents that you wouldn’t vote on the bill in May and we ended up with nothing now. They can blame our President but they are dead due to the fact the same house got a federal judge to side with them and say it was not legal to use government funds to pay for the subsidies.

From the article:

In a 38-page decision, U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer of the District put her ruling on hold pending the administration’s certain appeal. Her decision sided with the U.S. House of Representatives, which brought the lawsuit challenging more than $175 billion of spending after a party-line vote by House Republicans in July 2014.

I wish they’d stop calling it healthcare; it’s only health insurance and the way Ocare is constructed, the people who pay nothing get healthcare paid for and the people who are doing the paying get very little healthcare because they have to pay twice, once for the Ocare of which they derive no benefit and again if they actually have to see a doctor. It’s time to put to rest this word game about healthcare that started with Ocare. It’s a crummy insurance plan that only pays for people who don’t pay the premiums funded by people who have to pay the premiums..

Correct FL GUY. It’s not “care”, it’s a scam to give insurance companies tax payer dollars. It needs to be renamed CongressDoesn’t Care, which would be more appropriate. “Health care” reform would involve the entire industry (Dr.s, hospitals, big-pharma, as well as the insurance industry). I HOPE something beneficial gets done, but I’m not holding my breath.

Yet we are still debating on how to PAY for healthcare instead of mandating true free-market principles to the medical industry as a whole, which will foster TRUE competition that will slash the COST of said care. Any economic idiot should understand that attempting to ‘fix’ the payment side of the equation without dealing with the cost side means the payment side will NEVER be stable. NEVER. ALL of the so-called plans being thrown about at present are nothing more than circle jerks.

I haven’t been watching these Pressers with Spicer for about two weeks. I”m watching this one today.
He appears far smoother, highly comfortable, and has bitch-slapped the dummies enough so they seem to behave a bit better.

This would be so perfect!!!! Here’s another:
Annabelle Onion: I was laughing at some fake news on CNN last night about how President Trump is not the best president ever. Do you think they will ever learn?
Spicer: Ha ha, those CNN people are slow learners, but maybe one day….hmmm. NOPE.

Some people cannot think out of the box. Some peoples mind sees a picture that a wall can only be one constructed with bricks. This is sad to see a young journalist having such small narrow concept of a wall no wonder they are confused.

Doesn’t it look as if, based on Pam’s re-tweets (thx!! Pam!), that the “bipartisan spending bill” won’t be passed/signed unless and until the “health care bill” is finalized??? Each one is being held hostage for the other? Looks that way to me, though no one is saying that specifically.

Actually, I was going to join the people giving POTUS unsolicited advice and let him know that he should do that.

The stupid, ridiculous, repetitive questions combined with their petulant, accusing and combative tone renders me embarrassed FOR them. You are right, Fang: how do they not see or hear themselves in playbacks?

Ha – I realized just now that I’m incredulous every single briefing. Every one.

Uh, they could add an extra line item on tax returns, that is non-deductible, for a non-mandatory-donation to a general Federal fund, to help lower the health insurance deductibles for people with pre-existing conditions.

Could also add a second line item that specifies what portion stays in your state. (Up to 100%). If left blank, the feds and/or states decide.

I love my President. He is so much better than the crap heads we’ve had for the last 25 years.

I love that the trolls, lobbyists, pundits, loons, commies, socialists, racists, clackers, pressitutes and toadies are upset and working so hard to make President Trump supporters believe their lies. Portland Oregon is still repairing all the damage from their riot. Next step Sanctuary cities burning. Too bad, too sad…..oh dear, we can’t fix stupid, eh?

I love winning. I am happy to spend the next 8 years winning. Winning. Winning. Winning.

It’s so very kind of Sean Spicer to babysit the White House Press pool. I see he’s still working on teaching them manners. Soon he’ll move on the alphabet but we all know that fake news reporters are very slow learners. That’s why he included pictures today.

It’s beyond me how Jeff sessions can sit on his hands after the disclosure of Huma emailing the Weiner perv top top secret info, there’s no way he can give that a pass, if he doesn’t the swamp never will drain but will overflow the dams and levees!

Do you really believe that Sessions is sitting on his hands? Really? Ya think maybe he’s building an air-tight case to slam rather than just flailing away? Honestly, some of the comments hear are worse than kids sitting in the backseat screaming “Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” How about a little patience, optimism and faith, huh?

So… about this health care bill… is it still a “Stage One” (aka reconciliation) of the Repeal and Replace process, which would still require only 51 votes in the Senate or is it something entirely different?

I assume it is the former and I don’t like that the media are trying to label it as Trumpcare while clearly it is not a standalone piece of legislature.

When Ocare finally collapses, it will be sold as a “Trumpcare” failure.